(New York City) The 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) international design competition opened today. The design site is within Freshkills Park (the former Fresh Kills Landfill) in Staten Island and the competition is being held in partnership with New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation along with other local institutions.

LAGINYC 2012 is an ideas competition to design a site-specific public artwork for Freshkills Park that, in addition to its conceptual beauty, has the ability to harness energy cleanly from nature and convert it to electricity for the utility grid.

The expansiveness of the design site at Freshkills Park presents the opportunity to power the equivalent of hundreds or even thousands of homes with a large work of public infrastructure art.

The stunning beauty of the reclaimed landscape and the dramatic backdrop of the Manhattan skyline provides an opportune setting from which to be inspired, and it offers the perfect environment for a showcase example of the immense potential of aesthetically interesting renewable energy installations for sustainable urban planning.

The monetary prize award to the winners of the 2012 LAGI design competition will not guarantee a commission for construction; however, LAGI will work with stakeholders both locally (NYC) and internationally to pursue possibilities for implementation of the most pragmatic and aesthetic designs that come from the biennial LAGI competitions.

The first place winner in 2012 will receive $15,000; the runner-up will receive $4,000.

For the 2012 design competition, the Land Art Generator Initiative has also released a modified design brief document specifically for high school students everywhere (those age 19 and under). There will be a $1,000 prize award dedicated to this high school student category.

In the summer of 2012, the Land Art Generator Initiative will be holding an open event in Staten Island to engage the public with selected design ideas and to stimulate discussion on topics of ecology, energy, public art, and sustainable urban development. The event will include workshops and panel discussions.

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About Land Art Generator Initiative (Society for Cultural Exchange)

LAGI is a project of Society for Cultural Exchange, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that, through interdisciplinary processes, provides a forum for local and international communities to engage with the arts and environment.